SOCB44H3 Lecture : Week 10 Lecture
Document Summary
Reflected what was happening with baby boom after war. Soldiers came back, delayed families, pressure, not enough housing since 1920s. Other explanations: white flight hypothesis those who moved to suburbs who are primarily white middle class wasn"t just looking for housing but fleeing from central inner city. Us rather than immigration, important process is migration = those who moved to new place not from overseas but within country itself. Movement of minorities (from south america to north america), moved to cities like new. Age of automobile manufacturing, lots of jobs, big 3 ford, chrysler, gm. According to white flight hypothesis, when middle class whites saw neighbourhoods filling up with blacks, wanted to flee out of city so moved beyond boundaries of cities. Detroit (motor city), michigan importance among american cities has gone down recently. Where henry ford began major operations, when big 3 operated.
